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CHU Pitie Salpetriere, Paris
Routine breath-hold gradient echo-MRI is accurate for cardiac diagnostics
April 26th, 2005
A recent study of routine breath-hold gradient echo-MRI-derived right-ventricular mass, volumes, and function focused on accuracy, reproducibility and coherence. According to recent research published in the International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, "Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a predictor of poor outcome in patients with heart disease. Conventional imaging modalities fail to assess RV volumes accurately. We sought to assess the accuracy and reproducibility of routine breath-hold gradient echo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-derived RV mass, volumes and function." F. Beygui and colleagues of CHU Pitie Salpetriere in Paris...
Source: Cardiovascular Business Week (2005-04-26)
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